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[Memorandum of Meeting: Key Field Air Guard Station, Mississippi, August 3, 2005]

Description: Memorandum of Meeting with a delegation representing 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Air National Guard, located at Key Field Air Guard Station (AGS) to discuss BRAC Recommendations Impacting the 186th ARW.
Date: August 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
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Grants Management: EPA Needs to Strengthen Efforts to Provide the Public with Complete and Accurate Information on Grant Opportunities

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has faced persistent challenges for many years in managing its grants, which constitute over one-half of the agency's budget, or about $4 billion annually. Among other things, EPA has been criticized for not always promoting competition in awarding grants, including not completely and accurately announcing grant opportunities to the public and potential applicant… more
Date: February 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Private Pensions: Government Actions Could Improve the Timeliness and Content of Form 5500 Pension Information

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Form 5500 is the primary source of information for both the federal government and the private sector regarding the operation, funding, assets, and investments of private pension and other employee benefit plans. Currently, the Department of Labor (Labor) requires about 3 years to provide certain usable Form 5500 information to the public, leading to complaints that the information is not timely. We… more
Date: June 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Private Pensions: Information on Cash Balance Pension Plans

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The nation's private defined benefit (DB) pension system, a key contributor to the financial security of millions of Americans, is in long-term decline. Since 1980, the number of active participants in Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) insured single employer DB plans has dropped from 27.3 percent of all national private wage and salary workers in 1980, to about 15 percent in 2002, and more re… more
Date: November 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interim Report on the Effects of COPS Funds on the Decline in Crime during the 1990s

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The enactment of the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994, Title 1 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (VCCLEA), authorized appropriations of $8.8 billion to advance the practice of community policing as an effective strategy in communities' efforts to improve public safety. It had as a goal adding 100,000 new police officers nationwide. The Attorney General creat… more
Date: June 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Veterans' Disability Benefits: Improved Transparency Needed to Facilitate Oversight of VBA's Compensation and Pension Staffing Levels

Description: A statement of record issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Chairman, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, asked GAO to submit a statement for the record highlighting findings from an examination of the Veterans Benefit Administration's (VBA) fiscal year 2005 budget justification. In that review, we assessed (1) VBA's determination and justification of claims processing staffing levels, and t… more
Date: November 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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ATF: Thefts of Explosives from State and Local Government Storage Facilities Are Few but May Be Underreported

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "More than 5.5 billion pounds of explosives are used each year in the United States by private sector companies and government entities. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has authority to regulate explosives and to license privately owned explosives storage facilities. After the July 2004 theft of several hundred pounds of explosives from a state and local government storage f… more
Date: October 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Military Base Closures: Observations on Prior and Current BRAC Rounds

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended, authorized a new round of base realignment and closures (BRAC) in 2005, the fifth such round in recent years but the first since 1995. The legislation requires the Secretary of Defense to submit his list of bases recommended for closure and realignment to an independent BRAC commission by May 16, 2005. The Commission is charged with reviewing t… more
Date: May 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Social Security: Long-Term Challenges Warrant Early Action

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Social Security is the foundation of the nation's retirement income system, helping to protect the vast majority of American workers and their families from poverty in old age. However, it is much more than a retirement program and also provides millions of Americans with disability insurance and survivors' benefits. Over the long term, as the baby boom generation retires and as Americans continue to live lon… more
Date: February 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Financial Institutions: Issues Regarding the Tax-Exempt Status of Credit Unions

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Unlike other depository institutions, credit unions are exempt from federal corporate income taxes. Recent legislative and regulatory changes to credit union membership restrictions and allowable products and services have blurred some of the historical distinctions between credit unions and other depository institutions. As a result, some observers have raised questions about whether tax exemption provides c… more
Date: November 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Tactical Aircraft: Status of the F/A-22 and JSF Acquisition Programs and Implications for Tactical Aircraft Modernization

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The F/A-22 and Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)--two of the Department of Defense's (DOD) major tactical aircraft fighter programs--are intended to replace aging tactical fighter aircraft with highly advanced, stealthy aircraft. The two programs combined have a potential future investment of more than $240 billion. Later this month, GAO plans to issue comprehensive reports on the numerous setbacks each of these pro… more
Date: March 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Telecommunications: GSA Has Made Progress Planning for a New Governmentwide Program, But Critical Issues Remain

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In October 2003, the General Services Administration (GSA) issued a request for information describing its plans for a new governmentwide telecommunications program known as Networx, which is to replace expiring contracts. The program consists of two simultaneous acquisitions: Networx Universal, which is to provide a full range of national and international network services across the United States, and Netwo… more
Date: March 3, 2005
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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